On East Court Square (U.S. 29) at North Court Square, on the left when traveling north on East Court Square.
Born in Meriwether County, William Yates Atkinson settled in Newnan after receiving a law degree from the University of Georgia in 1877. Elected to the Georgia General Assembly in 1886, he served four terms in the House, becoming Speaker in 1892. . . . — — Map (db m48436) HM
On Slaton Drive, NW near West Paces Drive, on the right when traveling south.
John Marshall Slaton was born in Meriwether County and graduated from the University of Georgia before practicing law in Atlanta. Slaton served in both houses of the Georgia legislature and two terms as governor (1911-12 and 1913-15). While in . . . — — Map (db m99371) HM
On Covered Bridge Road 0.2 miles east of Dan Stribling Road, on the right when traveling north.
This bridge was built in the 1840s by freed slave and noted bridge builder Horace King (1807-1885). Constructed on the Town lattice design, the bridge’s web of planks crisscrossing at 45- to 60-degree angles are fastened at each intersection with a . . . — — Map (db m57329) HM
On Mt Carmel Road 0 miles south of Griffin Highway (Georgia Route 362), on the right when traveling south.
Settlement of Carmel community began with the creation of Meriwether County in 1827. Early families-- Caldwell, Burton, Campson, Gray, Reynolds, Williams, Pope, and Glass--came from Edgefield District, South Carolina. They established Carmel . . . — — Map (db m11680) HM
Near Depot Street at Lagrange Street, on the left when traveling south.
David Meriwether was born in Virginia on April 10, 1755. During the American Revolution he served in the Continental Army from 1776 to 1783. The U.S. Daughters of 1812 honor his service to Georgia from the Revolution's end in 1783 to the . . . — — Map (db m286883) HM
On Hamilton Road (U.S. 27) 0.1 miles south of Smokey Road, on the left when traveling south.
Troup Factory, first cotton mill in Troup County, Georgia, was established in 1846 on Flat Shoals Creek by Robertson, Leslie & Co., of Meriwether County. Water powered carding, spinning and weaving, in a massive four-storied mill, produced famed . . . — — Map (db m11682) HM
On North Depot Street (Georgia Route 100) south of Lagrange Street ( Route 109), on the right when traveling north.
In 1973, Richmond D. Hill became the first African American to be elected mayor of a municipality in Georgia. Following, the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, the NAACP began a campaign to educate, organize, and register rural African . . . — — Map (db m285784) HM
On Milton Dunn Road 0.1 miles north of Arbor Chapel Road, on the right when traveling north.
Dr. Hope Hull Tigner was born near Athens, Georgia on May 28, 1792, and became a physician and state legislator prior to moving his family to Meriwether County. In 1833 a frame house with green blinds was built across the road from the present . . . — — Map (db m107145) HM
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